Improvement in adjustable rests for the arm while firing guns



. R". T. HARE; Adjusiahle-Best for the Armswhile Firing Guns.

No. 167,169 Patented Aug. 31,1875.

r Sa acens RICHARD T. HARE, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT lN ADJUSTABLE RESTS FOR THE ARM WHlLE FIRING GUNS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. il7.,il6, dated- August31, 1875; application filed June 30, 1875.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Brennan T. HARE, of Springfield, county of Hanipden,State of Massachusetts, have invented an Adjustable RestforSupportingtheArm in the act of Aiming and Firing Guns; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing,making part of this specification, in which Figure 1 represents a sideelevation.

My invention consists in an adjustable rest for supporting the arm inaiming and firing guns, constructed substantially as herein set forth.

A in the accompanying drawing represents a segment of a belt whichsurrounds the body, and may be secured by buckle or in any otherconvenient manner. Upon this belt A is fitted a slide, C, upon whichslide is mounted the rest proper. Projecting from the surface of thisslide 0 is a stud, l), to which is pivoted a stem, E. To this stem E istitted a sliding tube, F, provided with a set screw, G, by which it issecured at any desired point upon the stem, remaining fixed by means ofthis setscrew. To the upper end of the sliding tube F is securedthecurved rest I, for supporting the arm, which is represented as beinga segment of a circle. This rest may be covered with rubber, on,leather, cloth, or other fibrous material, to render it more agreeablein use,

though this covering is not indispensable to the use of the rest.

By pivoting the stem E to the stud D, projecting from the slide, andfitting the sliding tube with a round stem, E, the rest becomesadjustable in the difi'erent directions required in the act of aimingand firing a gun.

lVithout departing from my inveutiiou, however, and if preferred, therest I may be pivoted so as to revolve upon the end of the sliding tube;and instead of the stud D pr0- jectiug from the slide C, a knuckle orunlversal joint might be substituted, which would permit the stem of therest to assume any angle required, and in any direction, by simplymoving the arm.

To use this rest in aiming and firing guns, the belt is' secured aroundthe body at the waist, the sliding tube set so as to elevate the curvedrest to the desired height, when the arm near the elbow is placedthereon, thereby relieving it of nearly the entire weight of the gun,and adding much to the accuracy of firing.

Having thus fully described my invention for supporting the arm intiring guns, what I claim therein as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

An adjustable rest for supporting the arm in aiming and firing guns,constructed so as to receive the weight and support the arm at or nearthe elbow in a direct or straight line from the body, substantially asherein described.

RICHARD T. HARE.

